CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
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Slideshow: Season 16 Asian Pop Up Cinema Opens with Aaron Kwok & Japan Cinema Showcase
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 19, 2023 - 8:32pmCHICAGO – Excitement was in the air in the first week of Season 16 for the Asian Pop Up Cinema (APUC).
Podtalk: Mark Schilling, Japan Cinema World Expert, at Asian Pop-Up Cinema, Sept. 17-23, 2022
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 16, 2022 - 7:21pmCHICAGO – It’s Japan’s turn at the Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC), and the guest emcee is Mark Schilling, an American from Tokyo who in the 1980s began his journey as a world expert in Japanese cinema. For more info on this weekend, click JAPAN CINEMA.
Film News: Season 4 of Asian Pop-Up Cinema Begins in Chicago with ‘Survival Family’ on Mar. 1, 2017
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 24, 2017 - 6:56pmCHICAGO – What defines success? How about another Season, the Fourth, for the Asian Pop-Up Cinema Festival in Chicago. The premiere themed fest will kick off its 2017 Spring Season run with Shinobu Yaguchi’s “Survival Family” on Wednesday, March 1st, 2017, at the AMC River East Theatre in downtown Chicago. Filmmaker Yaguchi-san will be in attendance, as well as moderator Mark Schilling from the Japan Times. For complete details and to purchase tickets, click here.
Interview: Next Asian Pop-Up Cinema is ‘Three Stories of Love,’ Premiering on April 6, 2016
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 5, 2016 - 4:26pmCHICAGO – Named one of the best Japanese films of 2015, “Three Stories of Love,” directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi, will be the next screening for the Asian Pop-Up Cinema series on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 – at the AMC River East 21 in Chicago – and Sunday, April 10th at the Wilmette (Illinois) Theatre.
